Armenian men’s team fails to qualify for upcoming FIDE World Team Championship
11:07, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian men’s chess team has failed to qualify for the upcoming FIDE World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan in March.
However, the women’s team will compete at the event.
The men’s team did not qualify for the championship due to poor results at the Olympiad.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Germany’s OAOEV to dispatch large economic delegation to Armenia for investment discussions
11:33, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. As part of the official visit to Germany, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting February 1 with representatives of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (OAOEV) and leading German companies, Pashinyan’s office said.
Executive Director of German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations Michael Harms welcomed the Armenian PM on behalf the committee and said: “I congratulate you on the decisive victory in the parliamentary election and the definite mandate that the people of Armenia have given you. We welcome your program of reforms.
Our agenda regarding Armenia is very ambitious. We will visit Armenia with a large economic delegation in April. Today, we will sign a letter of intent, which concerns one of Armenia’s priorities – information technologies.
Armenia is also a very interesting example in terms of economy, as a country that is simultaneously integrating with both the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union. This raises the investment appeal of Armenia”.
Thanking for the remarks, Pashinyan attached importance to the meeting with the German economic community and presented Armenia’s economic agenda.
“An important segment of our upcoming agenda relates to the very economy, because political changes have created opportunities for economic changes. We want to make serious changes in the Armenian economy’s structure. We are planning to raise our standards in the mining sector and make Informational and High Technologies the locomotive in the economic structure,” the PM said.
Pashinyan presented the investment opportunities in Armenia and said that there are no obstacles for investments in any sector. “The right to property in Armenia is guaranteed and protected. Our message is the following – you are exempt from all possible corruption obligations that existed in the past. We have the same attitude for all investors and we tell them: come to Armenia, invest, get rich and enrich,” the Armenian PM said.
Representatives of leading German companies noted that they have visited Armenia recently and noted that the democratic changes have created a positive atmosphere in the country – the investment appeal has increased, and interest of foreign investors has also increased.
A letter of intent was signed at the end of the meeting on cooperation between Armenian and German business associations in the IT sector.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Armenian Church leader visits Australia
12:21, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Catholicos Garegin II, the leader of the Armenian Church, arrived at the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and New Zealand on a pontifical visit on February 1, the press service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin reported.
The Catholicos was welcomed at the Sydney airport by Bishop Haykazun Najaryan, Primate of the Diocese, and other clergy. Representatives of Armenian organizations of Australia were also at the airport to greet the Catholicos.
On February 2, the Catholicos presided over a mass at the Armenian Apostolich Church of Holy Resurrection in Sydney.
More than 400 people came to the event to greet Catholicos Garegin II at the church.
“Just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, 7rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith”, the Catholicos told the faithful.
After the mass, a meeting with the people took place at the church hall.
The full transcript of the Catholicos’s speech is available in Armenian.
Armenia sends measles vaccine to Georgia to combat outbreak
12:54, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Healthcare Minister Arsen Torosyan has ordered to provide 30,000 doses of measles vaccinations to Georgia in order “for our neighbor country to more effectively and faster struggle with the measles outbreaks”.
Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said on Facebook that he has spoken with his Georgian counterpart Davit Sergeenko about the outbreaks yesterday. “He informed me that 1028 new cases of measles have been detected until today, which is mostly associated with the fact that many children in the 90s were not vaccinated against measles. I was also informed that the daily detected 50-60 cases have dropped to a daily of 35, thanks to the anti-pandemic actions that are being carried out in Georgia, including the intensive vaccinations of the population aged 20-40,” Torosyan said on Facebook.
According to Torosyan, the last confirmed case of measles in Armenia was back in 2007 – due to the high indicator of anti-measles vaccinations. “The last imported case was detected in December of 2018 in a passenger who arrived from Russia, and fortunately it did not spread in our country. I call on everyone to get the vaccinations envisaged by the national immunization program, and in case of having symptoms – contact a doctor,” he said.
The measles outbreak in Georgia is mostly centralized in Tbilisi.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Healthcare minister raises wage of polyclinic medics
13:11, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan has signed an order on raising the salaries of medical personnel at outpatient polyclinics.
The wages will be raised 15-20% and the order is effectively from January 1.
“This is already the second raise in 6 months,” the minister said on Facebook, adding that the salaries of nearly 10,000 medics are increasing by a total of 30-40% as a result.
He said that the move is expected to develop preventive medicine, as well as involve professionals to the primary health care sector.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Artsakh reports 200 ceasefire breaches by Azerbaijan in one week
13:22, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Artsakh’s Defense Ministry says Azerbaijan has breached the ceasefire at the Line of Contact over 200 times in the period from January 27 until February 2.
Azerbaijani armed forces fired a total of more than 1300 rounds at Artsakh’s positions during the ceasefire violations, according to the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh.
The Artsakh’s military said they are in full control of the “tactical-strategic situation and continue taking necessary steps for the reliable protection of combat positions.”
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Yerevan police search for hospital assault suspect
13:48, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Yerevan police are searching for an assailant who has allegedly assaulted a doctor at the Armenia Medical Center early morning Saturday.
The doctor has reported to police that an unknown assailant has physically assaulted him at the hospital’s reception area.
“Officers have been dispatched to the scene, the suspect has been identified”, Yerevan Police Department told ARMENPRESS.
Other details weren’t immediately clear.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
Experts decode some data of black box of Armenian Su-25 jet, crashed December 4
14:22, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Experts have decoded some data of the black box of the Armenian SU-25 jet that crashed in Shirak Province on December 4, but this does not mean that the examination is over, since there is still a lot of data to be decoded, ARMENPRESS reports spokesperson of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on his Facebook page.
“The decoding of some data of the black box of the crashed SU-25 jet does not mean that the examination is over. There is still a lot of data. There is a body engaged in the investigation, which will inform about the results of perforce after finishing the investigation”, he wrote.
The SU-25 aircraft conducting a routine training flight crashed on December 4 at about 10:20 am in the vicinity of Karaberd village located in the region of Maralik town of Shirak Province. As a result of the crash First Class Pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Armen Slavik Babayan and 3rd Class Pilot, Major Movses Gevorg Manoukyan have been killed.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
Angela Merkel welcomes Pashinyan’s visit to Germany in Armenian – Bari galust
15:40, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the visit of Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan to Germany in Armenian, using Latin letters.
“Bari galust (welcome-edit.)to Berlin, Prime Minister Pashinyan! Today Chancellor Merkel welcomed the Armenian head of government. There is a spirit of optimism in Armenia. Both countries want to strenghten their relationship and work together more closely in business and science, vocational training, democracy promotion and environmental protection”, ARMENPRESS reports Merkel wrote on her Instagram page on February 1.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan
Parliament speaker offers condolences on death of Yazidi religious leader
15:53, 2 February, 2019
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan sent a condolence message to the Yazidi people on the death of Mire-Mira Takhsin Beg, religious leader of the Yazidi people, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the parliament of Armenia.
“It was with deep grief that we learned about the death of Mire-Mira Takhsin Beg, the religious leader of the Yazidi people worldwide.
Takhsin Beg had firm relations with the Armenian statehood, the Yazidi community in Armenia and his loss is a great grief also for the Armenian people, a friendly people for the Yazidi people.
I extend mu deep condolences to the Yazidis of Armenia and the world, the family of Mire and share the grief of the loss”, reads the condolence message of Ararat Mirzoyan.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan